DEFEAT OF GERMANY

Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 53, Issue 32422, 24 April 1944, Page 7

DEFEAT OF GERMANY

POSSIBLE IN BATTLE MORALE NOW STRONGER American internees left Germany after 13 months of internment with, this generally-expressed opinion:— Germany can be defeated on the actual lield of battle, although morale in that country actually has been strengthened during the last six months. This conclusion is 'based on observations of the behaviour of the Germans with whom members of the interned group have been in contact at Baden-Baden, the careful reading of the German Press on the spot,, and «other means of Nazi propaganda. One of the most striking points to an observer inside Germany is the fact that the defeat of the Nazis must come through the defeat of their armed forces. There is almost no sign visible to a careful observer that an internal collapse is worthy of consideration as far as the people as a whole are concerned. One of the most essential points on which competent observers of the American internment group are convinced is that the American and British people must be made aware that there is no. possibility of an internal collapse among the German people such as came in 1918, and that victory will depend on force of arms.